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Workers Assembling Gun Carriages

Date: 1943
Description: Workers on an assembly line at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "assembling 57mm gun carriages."
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Hydraulic Press

Date: 1943
Description: Factory worker operating a 500 ton triple-action hydraulic press at Chatham Works. According to the original caption, the second pass has completed the for...
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Women Supervisor's Conference

Date: 1943
Description: Female factory supervisors watch a man demonstrating a machine operation at the Women Supervisors' Conference held at International Harvester's West Pullma...
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Women Employees at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: Two female factory workers talk while standing in front of a piece of machinery at International Harvester's Tractor Works factory. The original caption re...
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Woman at Lathe in War Production at Tractor Works

Date: 1943
Description: A female factory worker operates a lathe at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Another woman is working in the background. The original caption reads...
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Tocco Induction Process Machine

Date: 1943
Description: A factory worker using a Tocco induction process machine at International Harvester Company's Tractor Works. The original caption reads: "Operator readies ...
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Final Assembly Line for Tanks at Indianapolis Branch

Date: 1943
Description: Three men work on the final assembly of Army air-borne invasion tanks in a temporary factory at International Harvester's Indianapolis branch house. Other ...
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Mechanics in IH Service Shop

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of men working on crawler tractors (TracTracTors) and construction equipment in the service shop of J.D. Adams Co., an International Harveste...
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Factory Worker at Ft. Wayne Works

Date: 1943
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works.
Poster

I've Found the Job Where I Fit Best!

Date: 1943
Description: Office of War Information poster, with an illustration of a woman wearing a protective headwrap operating a machine.
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Women Workers at Chaney Instrument Company

Date: 1943
Description: Five women are sitting around a table with machinery and various pieces of equipment. Three of the women are drinking coffee, and one woman is smoking. Wom...

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